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Case File

CVE-2016-2785

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 2.89% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-06-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2016-2785
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
2.89%

Original NVD Description

Puppet Server before 2.3.2 and Ruby puppetmaster in Puppet 4.x before 4.4.2 and in Puppet Agent before 1.4.2 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended auth.conf access restrictions by leveraging incorrect URL decoding.